Went to Kelly O'Neal's in Waikiki on Taco Tuesday --such a good spot with great vibes and energy. Shoutout to the barback that looked like Tarzan dude kept coming by bussing and cleaning our table all night while the place was packed, and always had good convo and energy. They need to make that man a bartender ASAP read more

I really wanted to like this place but something one of the servers said, really put me off and reminded me of why we don't come to Waikiki often. My friends and I came here last night for a birthday celebration, for some snacks, drinks, and darts. We were having a good time, until we were told that we needed to end our dart game early because the machines closed at 8pm. I was surprised and never came across an Irish pub turning off their dart machines before a kids bedtime. It's not like the bar was closing or doing last calls. It wasn't really a busy night but wasn't dead either. Guess there's a first for everything. Most importantly, WE WERE NEVER TOLD about this and we were there playing for maybe a couple hours?? (ALSO... It would've been nice to know before we put money in the machine.) I explained to the server that we weren't told about the dart machines & if there's a way for us to get our money back. Her response was: If it'll make you FEEL better. Wth... no girl, it's not about my feelings, good grief, let's not get Oprah about this, mmmkay? It's about what's RIGHT. We eventually got our money back but not before I caught the eyeroll, which was the cherry to this one and only experience we're going to have here. What stink attitude. If we knew the rules, no problem but to make us feel weird about it when we're out here celebrating? Debbie downer much? read more

Irish bar off the main Waikiki strip, still old school. Typical bar food with local crowd for the location. Friendly service and full bar. Like that they have happy hour from 11 am to 8 pm. Not da best selection of beers, still have and overall prices not bad. read more

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Kelley's is a pub in Waikiki that melds locals, military, and tourist wanderers alike. It draws you in with their massive crowds and often live music, creating an infectious party atmosphere even on a weekday. I've stumbled into Kelley's tons of times and although it's not everyone's cup of tea (hard to get a drink when busy, sweaty, sketchy location on lewers), it's always consistent and always an adventure in my opinion. My most recent venture here was as stop number 3 on a bar crawl during my bachelorette party, and as you can see from the bathroom selfie, the vibes were high despite being a Wednesday night!! read more

Kelley O'Neil's - Music Venues Near Me - Honolulu, Hawaii

Reps the Irish bar bit plenty good, but still just makes a great hangout overall. Bar tenders are quick and attentive. Excellent selection of Irish whiskeys and solid Guinness pours. Food is also solid, and the prices aren't quite as Waikiki-gougey. Live music much of the time. Slainte! read more

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We found this gem while out and about shopping. Ice cold beer and air conditioning was perfect! They are open until 3 am or maybe it's 4 am?? Fully stocked bar with lots of options of cold beer. Service was quick and friendly. Stop in and have a drink in this fully Irish decorated bar! read more

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honestly a cool spot w awesome vibes but left both times i went because before i could even order- the employees are just so rude for no reason. im not expecting fine dining service at a dive bar but 2x in a row seems like it's just the way they are...plenty of other options, don't waste your time here read more

My name jarrod. I love Kelley's with all my heart. My two favorite things are hanging out with my buddy nick and his "friends" and playing darts at Kelley's. The problem is that on Saturday they cover the dart boards. When I walk in and see the dart boards covered it crushes my soul and I can't take it anymore. Kelley if you are listening, please let me play darts on Saturday night. read more

went for 10 mins and immediately had rude employees, tried to come back the next day to give it a second chance and barely walked in the door before there was rude crabby employees once again... bad vibes read more

Terrible service and bad attitudes. Would not recommend to anyone visiting. The drinks were not good and there are many better options in town. read more

The environment of the bar was very loud as there are TVs displaying sports. It was a bit difficult to order food as it took a while for a server to attend us. Food was edible and fries where good. read more

Took my government issued ID and they confiscated it had to wave down a cop to come get my ID back. the cop said they have a lot of problems with these guys but yes unfortunate experience for sure. read more

Been coming to Kelly's for years, great late night spot. Started noticing this handsome devil of a barback a few months ago, he was hustling hard last night & felt he deserved a shout out. He said he's fron Texas so that explains everything. Super fun atmosphere & great place to go when other bars are closing down. read more

We stopped in for drinks and ended up having a pizza. The service was good and the pizza better than average.

27/28 June 2024 .. sort of a blog. I arrived in Honolulu/Waikiki. It was late, but I but I decided to go for a walk and look see if anything was still open. I visit Waikiki once a year, and I have walked past Kelly O'Neil's many times during the day. It looks nice -- but not special. I suppose the place really comes alive at night--maybe because last call is 3:30am. On this evening, there was a good mix of clientele (mostly locals, with some visiting military and tourist) of different ages. There was live music, and the band had a diverse play list. read more

Great local pub in the heart of Waikiki. Good drink, good food & good way to make new friends. They even have live music. read more

Classic tavern and bar. Goo live music and one of the only places that gets poppin after 10 I Waikīkī. My first experiences was going to early. This is definitely the late iffy spot you e been looking for. read more

Security didn't help out with a situation where two people where trying to fight me. Issue was another customer was starting a problem with me ordering drinks at the same place I was ordering drinks all night to do it ans told me to do it at the a certain area. I told him I can order drinks anywhere I want. This same customer tells the bartender to let me order drinks and she listened and ignored me and even served a couple next to me that came after me. Mind you I have been nice and been tipping this same waitress for hours. I told the security lead about it and they said I was in the right but nothing was done. Had another issue outside with the same person and I complained about it to security. They still didn't do anything about it so I just left because I really wanted to fight them and could have easily taken them both out I've done enforcement all my life but didn't because I was on vacation and not going to afford to risk my flight back being delayed. Save yourself the trip and avoid this place you are not protected and now they operate is not good. They let prostitution roam free there also. Low class bar. read more

I ate an Irish stew. It was very hearty & definitely delicious! The live band that was playing PWR was great. Playing good oldies from the 90s. Vibe is nice, food server was prompt & always smiling. Will definitely come again. read more

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Rating is low, mostly for the poor service. We did have someone come and ask if we were ready to order almost as soon as we arrived. It was our first time here, so we did not know there was a QR code for the menu. When we said we needed time, the person seemed to be annoyed with us. After 20 min the same person came by to ask if we were ready with our drink order. When we informed him that we were ready to place our drink order and food order. Again, he seemed annoyed. Just walked away and came back with a note pad. We wanted to place the order for both since we didn't want to wait for another 20 min for someone to come and ask for our food order. We had just arrived 14hrs of traveling and we were so hungry! We ordered: The Kelly O (pizza), it was delicious. Not too thick nor thin. Fish and chips- nothing special Garlic fries- missing garlic. It was basically fries, they did not taste bad, but no garlic. Drinks were very good. Bahama Mama was our favorite. read more

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Be wary using your credit card here. Had my info stolen to be used online for TikTok shop and an online game for hundreds of dollars. Never used my card anywhere else. Had to cancel and wait over 2 weeks for a new one because I had a mainland bank. Then my identity was stolen and they tried to open a loan under my info. Do NOT connect to the WiFi or hand them your physical card. It's sketch. And think it happened to multiple people because the cops came to speak to the manager and others have reported the same occurrence read more

I like this bar. It's never been crowded when I've visited, and it's the only place I've found in Waikiki with $3 well dri KS for happy hour (11-8). It's generally quiet, an older clientele, nice bartenders and live music. I haven't tried the food, but the fish n chips and chicken pot pie look pretty good. If you're looking for a chill bar in Waikiki, give it a try. read more

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the supposely manager at the bar kicked me out for having 2 drinks check out my video on you tube IM a local and this guy is accusing me of being drunk afyer 2 drinks read more

This is not the place you want to go to if you're looking for fun. Try Kiki's bar or preferably Skybox. The bouncers here won't let you in if you've had one drink, and honestly you'll have more fun elsewhere anyway. Don't waste your Time or Money at Kelley O'Neil's. Sorry I ever tried to enter here. read more

After spending many long nights at Irish Rose decided to try the sister bar Kelley O Neil's. Out of many popular tap beers and the bar tender rudely asked us if "we had somewhere better to be" upon asking to cash out. Yes, sorry.... The vibe was low, drinks overpriced and the bartender was rude after ignoring our empty glass for way too long. This is definitely NOT the Irish Rose. read more

Taco Tuesday's are the BEST! They always do three different tacos on Tuesday. Just get one of each. Don't ask what they are. You won't be disappointed. read more

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We love Kelley O'Neil's. It feels kind of like a local place even though it's in the middle of Waikiki. The live music is great! The only thing is they use a "European method" for washing the glasses which seems gross and unsanitary. (I saw this in Germany, too.) I can't get past it. Maybe next time I will just have bottled beer. read more

Kelley O'neils bar was not bad but the live entertainment (Ashly) was extremely rude to guests of the bar. First instance is where we tipped the couple performing on stage a hefty amount of cash to perform our birthday girls favorite song party in the USA. She nodded took our money without saying anything and decided to take a break right after which is fine no problem performers need breaks but came back on stage and shushed us when we asked if she was going to play the song. Second instance started yelling at patrons at the bar for conversing while her wife was singing. All in all not a good experience and I hope that they can change who performs at this bar for if not of the sake of the customers for the sake of the business. read more

Visited here two nights during our trip and liked the service, atmosphere and live music. But, we noticed on both nights, girls fleecing guys for free drinks. They would post up at the ordering area of the bar, scantily dressed and strike up a conversation with different guys. When the guys would order drinks, the girls would order their drinks and it would go on the guys tab. Once paid, they'd get the cold shoulder. Beware of the extra friendly, busty girls chatting up guys at the bar! read more

I travel the world. Flew out to visit my daughter on her birthday and celebrate Halloween. I have NEVER experienced a more dismissive staff both in service behind the bar and with their "security". If you go there, you are nothing but meat. I don't say that lightly. Rude, physically punishing, and disrespectful. Don't go there. Rude rude rude. Plenty of other places in Waikiki to have a fun night. read more

Have to update my review unfortunately due to my experience last night. Rolled up here after blacking out at Anna's and the bouncer wouldn't let me in. "I observed you spit on the street when you got out of the car, and you stumbled as you walked up. From this insight, I've deduced that you may have been drinking earlier!" Great work Sherlock! It's 2:30 AM and your bar is the only place open. Do you think anyone is showing up here sober? Leaving my original review below for posterity: Dingy Irish bar, but they understand the fundamentals of great service. They are open later than any other bar in Waikiki so it's a great place to end the night. Additionally, they have live music performed by people who actually understand what good music sounds like (rare in Hawaii from what I have seen). My only concern would be that people tend to get a little rowdy since it is a place to end the night. I have extensive military training and combat experience so it doesn't really faze me, but I could imagine being a little intimidated if I didn't have thousands of hours logged in Call of Duty. read more

This dude denied my service animal. Lol, like you can't do that dude. Not worth making a ADA fuss but worth a review. Originally he denied us because it's not a "good environment for a dog". I explained to him that I got a traumatic brain injury in Afghanistan and I need my service animal in case I have a lapse. Doesn't happen often but there's potential. I've been here many times before. I just grab a beer or two and then leave, no issues. Anyway.. then he proceeded to say because I'm too drunk and that I never told him that he was a service animal. I repeated myself and he got really like aggressive about it. Genuinely I hadn't had a drink yet. The other guy at the door was fine. They obviously don't know the law. It's whatever. Decent spot honestly. It's good vibes, my dog likes the food. If you can make it passed the high school drop outs at the door read more

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I came in early on a Monday around 5pm. HH is 11am-8pm. There were only about 5 other people inside. The bartender said it's pretty quiet early. Had a couple tasty local IPA's for $7 each at happy hour and the chicken and tots for $10. Not much of a happy hour deal for the "good, local beer". But you pay more for beer that's not the usual light piss water. Whatever. They have a few TVs. I like the layout. Bartender was a local legend. Friendly guy who paid attention to your beer levels and asked if everything was good. I appreciate that. Chicken and tots were hot and fresh. So overall a good place to hang out. Not too small/not too busy/not a chain. Just about right. I'll never stay up late enough to see what the other reviewers are raving about. read more

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This is a great hang in Waikiki. However the last couple of times I have gone there my credit card has been lifted and fraud detected with the typical "build up" charges from 3rd party vendors. Most recently I went in knowing that this happens and I'd opened up a new credit card account to test to see if it happened again....and it did! The card had never been out of my possession and the only charges were from Kellie's....until about a week later and a progression of charges started to happen. Watch your cards if you use them at this establishment. This is what the charge will look at on your credit card. "AMZNMKTPLACE AMAZON.CO.UK GB" Would be a 5 star without having to worry about card getting lifted! read more

This is such a nice little bar and grill. The food is first rate. I'm partial to the fish and chips, as far as I'm concerned it's the best in Honolulu. I usually go early in the day, it's a pretty mellow place to have a drink or three. They also do a sandwich of the day which is superb. John frequently bartends days and he's a nice guy. They stay open till 4am and i guess it gets pretty wild at night. read more

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NOT FOR TOURIST. Bartender was a rude prick. Waited over 5 mins to be served in an almost empty bar. Guinness in a can. LoL. We promptly left. Good news Hard Rock was right down the street. read more

We loved this place namely because it's open till 4am and the have live music. We were frequent customers the week we were in Waikiki. The bartenders do a great job. Only wish was the bars had smoking patios, but only one bar in all of Oahu had a smoking patio. The brown hair with a beard bartender did a wonderful job, wish I remembered his name. Anyhow, be careful or you'll be out till closing time, (which is 4am!) read more

I went to use the bathroom and mistakenly turned the light off on my way out because I was drunk. The bathroom attendant Linda Moore proceeded to chase me out, spit in my face, and say " Fuck you, you fucking cunt, don't come back here". When I tried to come back and apologize, she said "I'm from Chicago, I'll pull a knife out on you". She made me feel unsafe and my friends and I had to leave the place right after because I was so anxious. Never coming back here. read more

Terrible service and we had our money stolen by the business. Do NOT buy or try to redeem a gift card here. My in laws bought my husband a gift card a few months ago to celebrate a life milestone, and I picked it up for them. We paid for it, the guy took forever to activate it and even asked a manager for help, only for it to "not be activated" when my husband finally went to redeem it today. Not only are we out the cost of the gift card, but now also the meal my husband just paid for thinking it was covered on the gift card. No offer to look into it, no offer to make it right, even though this is their mistake. Essentially theft. read more

Great attentive staff, food, and ambiance. Loved the live Irish themed and rock music too! read more

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